guys, i'm not getting a smooth cut. any idea why? raptor sd 54

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• Jul 8, 2015 / guys, i'm not getting a smooth cut. any idea why? raptor sd 54

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:laughing:

:confused2:

 

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• Jul 9, 2015 / guys, i'm not getting a smooth cut. any idea why? raptor sd 54

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Is that red clover you are mowing? Looks like it should have been baled for hay. Could have made a little money selling it to horse owners.:laughing:

 

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• Jul 9, 2015 / guys, i'm not getting a smooth cut. any idea why? raptor sd 54

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Shughes717 said:

Is that red clover you are mowing? Looks like it should have been baled for hay. Could have made a little money selling it to horse owners.:laughing:

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is that what they call it? lol
that stuff is wet when cut and makes the clippings stick to the deck.

 

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• Jul 9, 2015 / guys, i'm not getting a smooth cut. any idea why? raptor sd 54

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I think you're cutting it too low. Try raising your deck to 4 foot (letter Z)

 

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I hope you got the message across ! LOL

 

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I've mowed that sort of thing several times. The clover gets whipped into a nice goo for sure. I love the wall of salad flying out of the chute though.

 

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• Jul 9, 2015 / guys, i'm not getting a smooth cut. any idea why? raptor sd 54

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Looks like your blowing clippings into uncut grass...blow them into the cut area and it should become putting green quality cut....lol!

 

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• Jul 9, 2015 / guys, i'm not getting a smooth cut. any idea why? raptor sd 54

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turboawd said:

:laughing:

:confused2:

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Yer striping is crooked/uneven/bent/zigzag - yer get that with those "boxstore[sic]" mowers ;-P

psssst... I can hear galloping hooves and barking dogs. "fox among the chickens" much..?.:laughing::laughing::laughing:
Made my day...tks.

KK - from sick bed

 

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• Jul 9, 2015 / guys, i'm not getting a smooth cut. any idea why? raptor sd 54

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turboawd said:

is that what they call it? lol
that stuff is wet when cut and makes the clippings stick to the deck.

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It looks like red clover from the photos. Clover is very hard to cut with a lawn mower. Red clover and white clover are cool season perrenial plants that grow very fast and have a high moisture content. Red clover does really make a good hay for horses, and cattle. It makes horses slobber quite a bit, but it is a high quality hay. I joked about you baling it, but if you had access to a drum mower or a sickle mower (and a hay baler) you really could make a profit off of it if you baled it.

 

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• Jul 9, 2015 / guys, i'm not getting a smooth cut. any idea why? raptor sd 54

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Shughes717 said:

It looks like red clover from the photos. Clover is very hard to cut with a lawn mower. Red clover and white clover are cool season perrenial plants that grow very fast and have a high moisture content. Red clover does really make a good hay for horses, and cattle. It makes horses slobber quite a bit, but it is a high quality hay. I joked about you baling it, but if you had access to a drum mower or a sickle mower (and a hay baler) you really could make a profit off of it if you baled it.

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It is nice of you to make excuses for the Raptor SD, but those of us who own one know they are a faulty mower. Should have been able to mow and bale this beautiful lawn, but it did a poor job of it. No excuses.